Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-08-20

never should, in this world. Whether there
is another I do not know. If there is. I shall
wait for you there. If not, then good by for
ever. Think of me sometimes, for l have
loved you very dearly, and as nobody will
ever love you again; and while l live i'll this
or any other world, and ar myself, l shall
always love you and you only. Don't forget
me. never shall be really dead to you until
l am forgotten. j."
She lifted the paper off her knee and then
put it back again and began to scribbie III
verse, quickly and almost without correction.
1t was a habit Of hers, though sho never
showed what sho wrote, and now it asserted
itself irresistibly and half unconsciously:
When hands that clasp thine own in seeming
truth,
Or linger In caress upon thy head,
Have rudely broke the idols Of thy youth
And cast them down amid thy treasured dead.
Remember me-
When she had got thus far she stopped. dis
satisfied, and, running her pencil through the
lines, began afrcsh:
IF 1 should die tonight
Then would'st thou look upon my quiet face,
before they laid me in my resting place,
And deem that death had made it almost fair;
"And laying snow white flowers against my hair
Would'st on my cold cheek tender kisses press
And fold my hands with lingering caress,
Poor hands, so empty and so cold tonight.
IF I should die tonight
Then would'st thou coll to mind with loving
thought
Some kindly deed the icy hands had wrought,
Some tender words the frozen lips had said.
Errands on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory of my passion and my pride, =.
And every fault would sure he set aside. Z:
SO should l be forgiven Of all to-night.
''Dcath waits on me tonight,
Fen now my summons echoes from afar, :.
Aud grave nists gather fast about my star
Think gently Of me; l am travel worn,
Ny ~faltering feet are pierced with many Il thorn.
The bitter world has madc my faint heart bleed.
When drealnless rest is mine l shall not need
The tenderness for which l long to.nightn'
She stopped, apparently more because she
had got to tho end Of the paper than for Ii
other reason, and, without even rereading
what sho had written, pushed tho pass back
into her bosom and was soon lost in thought.
Ten minutes later JM,tje came creeping in
TO where sho sat like a great snake in human
form, his yellow face shining with the rain
drops.
"Well," whispered Jess, looking up will. n
start, "have you done itN
"No, missile, no. Baas Frank has bat now
gono to his tent. Ho has been talking to the
Clergyman, something about Missile Bessie, l
don't know what. l was near, but lie talked
low and l could only hear the name"
"Have the Beers all gone to slcep''
"All, missile, except the sentrics.'
SIS there II sentry before Baas Franks TENT"
NO, missile, there is nobody near"
"What is tho time, Jantjc!"
"Aluut three hours aud IL half after. sun
down" uO:}O.
LET us wait half an hour, and then YOU
must GO"
Accordingly they sat in silence. In silence
they sat facing each other and their owii
thoughts. Presently .Jnntje broke IL By draw
ing the big whit. handled knife and com.
luencing u sharpen it n, u piece of leather.
Tho sight made jess feel sick. Put the
l:nife up" she saih, quickly; sit is sharp
enough"
Jantje ol,eyed with u feeble grim and the
minutes passed Oh heavily.
"Now Jantje," sho said ut length, speaking
ilusaily in her struggle to overcome the spas
muiic contractions of hor throat, "it IS tl.E.
for you to co.
The Ho:tentot fidgetcd about, and ut las:
spoke.
"Missie must come with mel
"Comewith your answered jess, witt. n
start: "whyN
because the ghost OF tn" old English wo,
man will come after me if | 90 alone
"You FOOL" said Jess nngriiy, and then
rccollccting herself, added: "Colnc, b. a ulan,
Jantje: think of your father and mother,
AMI be u man."
81 am II man." he answered sulkiIy, "an,l |
will kill him like II man, but what good is Il
man against the ghost Of & dead English
woman! If / put the knife into her she would
only make faces. and fire would come ont of
the hole. | will not go without you, missi,. =
You must Co." she snid, ~fierccly: "you
shall go"
"No, missile, l will not go Alone" he an
swcred.
Jess looked at him and saw that he meant
what he said. He was getting sulky, and the
worst dispositioned donkey in the world is far,
far easier to deal with than a sulky Hottcn-
tot. She must either give up the project or
go with the man. Well, she was equally
guilty one way or the other, and was really
almost cullous about being detected, SO she
might as well go. She had no power left to
make fresh plans. Her mind seemed to he
exhausted. Only she must keep out of the
way ut the last. She could not bear to lie
near then.
SWELL" she said, II will go with You.
Juntjc.'
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